Drum Solo Lesson #1: It's a ton of fun
if you can put your own negativity on ice, then explode with your own creative solo ideas
on a routine and daily basis. It's one of the very best ways to get the 'chops' (or coordination) up to speed. Rudiments are great if you can tolerate the boredom, but soloing accomplishes the
same general end-result, and . . . as we enjoy some of the most incredible fun we'll ever
experience in our life. This is all 100% original artistry! That means there are absolutely NO RULES!
There is no right or wrong! You've just discovered a brand new means of self-expression. The artist within you has just escaped into a new World. Here's a short solo I did after listening to Buddy Rich for 15 or 20 minutes. There's not a lot in this solo that will ever compare to Buddy, but just listening to him
gave me ideas that I do not normally play. In a way, I'm stealing subliminally
from one of my own heros. That's the point of this lesson. Listening to drummers
who top us, also helps us elevate our own playing. A LOT will rub off. It works! Video: At some point we get to where if we want to pay a solo, we pull from that little
bank of ideas that are now ours. The more of those ideas we have, the more complex
our solos become and we realize that we rarely repeat ourselves. As few as
8 or 10 good ideas played 15 or 20 different ways each will equal hundreds and thousands of uniquely different solos. No two solos will ever be exactly the same but
they will all be based on the same primary 8 or 10 ideas we've discovered by simply
thrashing about the drums and playing the ideas our minds have dictated after
listening to our own favorite personal drumming heros. The rudiments were a breeze. I had fairly well mastered them over a year
or so of fun jamming with the solos. I could easily play them all. The most difficult part was memorizing the names. I had essentially learned rudiments the same way they had been learned by those who "invented" them in 1933 (and beyond); William F. Ludwig and his gang. They later became known as the N.A.R.D.(National Association of Rudimental Drummers). I had discovered the rudiments and fairly well mastered them by proxy . . . by listening, then playing what my mind told me to play. That is the value of this type of fun study! So, to bring this first solo lesson to a close I'll just mention this: Listen to your mind and then play what it dictates after you have listened to
one of the truly great drummers. Do it 30-minutes per day for 30-days. The results
will be fantastic. Plus, you'll have the most fun you've ever enjoyed in your life. Okay, okay, it may only rank second for some, but it's still a LOT of fun! Copyright
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Drum Solo Lessons
(03/18/2014): This is the first in a series of lessons I hope to do on the topic
of drum solo techniques. As luck would have it, my old video camera bought the farm
as I was preparing to do all this. This particular video was captured on a friend's
iPhone camera. I'll be acquiring a new video cam soon and hope to provide a series
of solo lessons that may help you discover the thrills of drum solo improvisation.
As we consistently play and have fun this way, we are training the hands and
feet to execute the ideas that have originated within our minds.
Guess what? That is the exact intention of rudimental study!
Then; one bright
day we decide to analyze exactly what is we've been doing in OUR solos.
I decided to study rudiments as a matter guilt, though they weren't my favorite topic by any stretch. To my own shock and dismay, as I worked my way down the various rudiment charts I made a really neat discovery. I discovered that all that fun I'd been having
at the set playing solos, actually had funny names. They were called names like Flams, Ruffs, Paradiddles, etc., etc.
A quick and easy Google Search for ' drum solo videos' will put entire collections of the very best drum solo artists in the world at your fingertips. Give them all a listen. Get inspired.
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